Telugu Bytes

Aravind & Ravi dissect Naveen Polishetty's powerhouse performance in his debut Telugu movie -"Agent Sai Srinivas Athreya"

• TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pkux2P7cnA
• Deleted scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On6ZQhjAHmU

As Thanksgiving approaches, Ravi and Dhruv talk about the tech they are thankful for in..... 2018. In typical Telugu Bytes fashion, we recorded this episode in 2018 but only managed to release it now. However, we still think it holds up pretty well - we talk about phones, cameras, headphones and a lot more. Happy Thanksgiving!

Praveen and Dhruv get together and talk about Indian Cricket in 2019 - test dominance, the bowling attack, WC 2019 and more.

• India tour of Australia and NZ
• WC 2019
• Ashes
• Indian Test Team
• Bowling attack
• Dhoni
• Shastri
• Ganguly

• Themes explored in the film
• Screenplay
• Ending
• Characters
• Music and Background Score
• Editing
• Production design
• Direction
• Looking forward

Aravind and Ravi reminisce about their childhood summer vacations

Dhruv and Ravi recap WWDC 2019 and their dashed hopes

• The new glorious monitor and the sticker shock
• Mac Pro - the machine we want, but not we need
• iOS - Dark mode, nuff said
• iPadOS - "Poorthiga macbook la maripoyina iPad ni choodu"
• SwiftUI and its implications on UI frameworks

[The podcast is full of spoilers, please avoid if you haven't watched the movie yet]

• Spidy and Ravi start with how they got introduced to KGF
• Spidy and Ravi discuss their top 4 scenes
  • The first fight
  • Rocky stopping the traffic to aid the poor mother
  • Rocky's brand elevation at police station
  • Rocky pulling the cart
  • Dheera dheera breakout fight
  • Climax
• Prashant Neels direction, script and other tidbits
• Dialogues and how they held their vitality across languages
• Yash - the coming of age of the next pan indian superstar?
• Downsides
• Predictions about Chapter 2

[Spoiler Alert: Please watch the movie before listening to the episode because we discuss the story and scenes in detail] Aravind & Ravi analyze Nani's latest blockbuster Jersey

• Our 50th episode! 🎉#TB50
• Ram Charan and NTR come together for #RRR with Rajamouli
• Ram Charan & Sukumar's Rangasthalam - our review
  • Performances
  • Suku'mark' scenes
  • Other departments
• NTR & Trivikram's Aravinda Sametha - our review
  • Performances
  • Trivikram finally gets (almost) everything right
  • Other departments
• Looking forward to #RRR and #TB100

Praveen and Dhruv get together to talk about the state of Indian cricket in 2018, review recent tours and player performances and look forward to World Cup 2019.

• Ongoing India-WI series
• End of the road for Vijay and Dhawan?
• The Karun Nair conundrum
• The golden age of Indian fast bowlers
• Why is Ravi Shastri still coach?
• Should Dhoni retire from limited overs?
• Should Rohit Sharma be ODI captain?
• The rise and rise of Virat Kohli
• Praveen's XI for World Cup 2019
• How are the other teams doing?
• Final thoughts